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Loose Specimen

Loose Specimen

Loose Specimen is a 5 Mana Cost Epic Neutral Minion card from the Boomsday Project set!

Card Text

Battlecry: Deal 6 damage randomly split among other friendly minions.

Flavor Text

You leave Deathstalker Rexxar alone in the lab for TWO minutes…

Type
Minion
Rarity
Epic
Set
Boomsday Project
Class
Neutral
Cost
5
Attack
6
Health
6
Minion Type
Beast
Mechanics
Damage Minion
Artist
Peter Stapleton
Collectible
Yes

Card Review & Interactions

If you drop it on the empty board, it's a 5 mana 6/6. But would any deck actually want a vanilla 5 mana 6/6? Exactly, I don't think so.

If you have actual minions on the board, then this absolutely sucks, it's unplayable.

So in order for this to work, you need minions that actually benefit from getting damaged. For example, if you have Acolyte of Pain on the board, then this might make sense. Or, I don't know, Warrior minions such as Armorsmith or Frothing Berserker, but assuming that you have enough other minions so they won't likely die. Maybe you can use it to activate Blackhowl Gunspire? But the thing is, the card usually dies right after it's played, because if you play it, your opponent knows that you have lots of ways to activate it.

Maybe use it in Egg/Bomb deck to sort of activate the Deathrattles while putting a big body on the board?

It might not be AS bad as it first seems, but it still doesn't seem good. You would need a really specific deck that wants to damage/kill own minions for it to be good, but even then the 5 mana cost makes it hard to combo with stuff immediately.

Card rating: 4/10

15 Comments

  1. Orasha

    Potentially another deathrattle activator, but it seems a little slow and maybe not worth a deck slot.

  2. Jed

    Arena card. Trade you other minions play a 5 mana 6/6

    2/5

  3. MockRock

    Why is this Epic? Who's going to be happy to pull an Epic and see this? Next.

  4. Telim Tor

    It's good in a hunter deck considering the new hunter legendary and other cards that drop 0/2 goblin bombs.

  5. TheThreather

    So it is a strong beast (6/6) but it is not better than highmane. 2/5

  6. Mrthejazz

    For those of us who like to kill ourselves in style.

    1. Ocrus

      it says minions, if u wipe the board before playing this its just a 5 mana 6/6

  7. ed31

    Combo with acolyte of pain, eternium rover (specially with something magnetized). This is obv. a combo card, can't see why it gets soo low ranking 4/5

    1. Daweed

      Me to, it is so good with the new warrior card (6mana 2/5) or acolyte or any other cards.This is a specific card and is very good.
      4/5

  8. Omnitarian

    You can do cool things if you have a “when this minion takes damage...” card out. Or, obviously, if your board is empty this is stronger than vanilla. But not as strong as it oughtta be. Even a 7/6 would have made this compelling.

  9. Some Dude

    Anyone who has the warrior legend from witchwood will be happy to try this out, if you happen to have the gunspire out alone it's 18 dmg, not bad I guess

  10. ShoM

    Its weak on its own but has applications if the self harming warrior deck ever takes off. Also just about good when played with an acolyte of pain

  11. Eogard

    Good for Hunter deck with Gobelin Bombs

  12. Beruke

    I think it will be good with Grim Patron

  13. Soxaldinho

    My Emeriss Hunter deck would work, Emeriss would make this 12/12, the beast tag means it works with tundra rhino, and with a 4/10 TR and Emeriss on the board, 5 damage wpuld barely make a dent.

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